northern white rhinoceros

However, wild populations are thought to have gone extinct, and only two females, both of which reside in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, have been confirmed as still alive. (The last known remaining male northern white rhinocerous died in 2018.) To save the subspecies, conservationists…

Red List of Threatened Species

…log even a single individualExtinct in the Wild (EW), species whose members survive only in captivity or as artificially supported populations far outside their historical geographic rangeCritically Endangered (CR), species that possess an extremely high risk of extinction as a result of rapid population declines of 80 to…

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